Phonograph-cabinet.



G. A. COOPER.

. PHONOGRAPH CABINET. 7 APPLICATION FILED Anna, 1910 Patented July 11,1911.

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PHONOGRAPH-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent. July m 1911.,

ipplication filed April 15, 1910. fierinl No. 555,523.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, Cnnnnns 7X: Coornn, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and Stateor" New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPhonograph-Cahinets, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The object of this invention is to provide a drop-head table or cabinet,in which a panei, head," or movable section is arranged to supportasound reproducing instrument, such as a phonograph or the-like, saidinstrument being provided with a horn or suitable device for enlarging.intensifying and diffusing the sound produced by said instrument. saidhorn heing mounted beneath the panel within the cabinet and arnz-ingedto he raised and lowered with the instrument and said movable panel.

A further object of the invention is to n'ovide an opening through theouter wall of the cabinet adapted to regi ter with the mouth of the hornwhen raised to its operative position, to permit the sound to pass outthereihrougln said opening being provided with a plurality oflongitudinal bars or members to aid and assist the acoustic prop-QPLL\,5 of the horn.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will he more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure a perspective view illustrating acahinet having a drop head or movable section, the same being in its-aiso l position and the operating leaf in its extended position. Fig. 2is an'enlarged sectional view on l ne 52? of Fig. 1 through the hoistingmechanism, illustrating the movable section in its raised position. 1ig. 2-}- is plan view ofthc drop head showing the relative osition ofthe veruical guides and the mom ers hy which the head is supported. Fig.4* is a central-sectional side elevation ofthe cabinet showingtheinstrument in position on the drop head and the horn supported from saidinstrument Within the cabinet, the Whole being in its raised oroperative position. F; 5- is the seine as Fig. 4 showing; the cabinet,as closed and the instrumenthorn lowered nto the one cabinet to itsinoperative position. Fig.

'6 is a detail of one siyle of horn which may he supported Within thecabinet to be raised and io'ivered with the phonograph and the drophead.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates the cabinet which is designedmore particularly "for the support and reception of a phonograph 2 orother sound reproducing instrument, which is adapted to rest, upon thedrop head or movable section 3 thereof. The horn 4 or sound elaboratingdevice is designed to be supported by any suitable means heiow the drophead and within the :ahinet chamber 5, so that said horn will more upand down with each movement; of said head. This horn may he of anydesired or convenient shape and is preferably mounted a horizontalposition, its rear end heinn" provided with contracted neck portion intowhich fits the lower end 7 of tribe 8 this tube then extends onwardtherefrom through'the opening 8 1n the drop head, the upper end of saidtube beirg connected at 9 to the usual sound trans uniting arm 1 Whenthe horn and drop head are in their raised or operating position themouth 11 of the horn is brought into a position to register with theopening -2 in the front wall of the cabinet. Thinhars 13 of wood orother suitable material, preferably tapering in cross section from theoutside inward, are pieced at 'ciose intervais longitudinally acrossthis opening prii'naiiiy for the purpose of aiding in 0 min; ing moreeffective distribution of the sound emitted through the horn. These barsalso serve as an ornament in the design of the cahinet for partiallyclosing the o ening'l2.

The top portion 15 of the tab e or cabinot is preferably provided withan outwardly swinging or extending ieeff or member 16' Elli-ll hinged at17 and when in its extended position it lies against and is supporter onthe ledge 1.8. This top portion is pro vided with an aperture 19 intowhich is designed to fit the instrument supporting drop head or movablesection (lords 20, 21, 22 and 23 ere preferably connected to the fourcorners of this movable section, the cords 22 and 23 being broughttogether as at- 24, see Fig. 2, into the single cord 25, led out overpulley 26 and secured at 2'7 to the extension lent, see Fig. 1', whilethe cords 20 and 21 on the opposite side of the movable section arebrought together in a similar manner and led out by the single part 28over pulley 29 and is fastened at 30 to the opposite edge of theextension lent to, l luitehle guide bars are arranged to tend from thetable top do n to en inclosing partition 32, which bars are engaged bythe ends of the guide arms I do not restrict myself to this particularerrzmgeinent for operating this drop head as any desirable or suitablemeans may be employed for this purpose.

The space above the partition for n: convenient inclosing receptacleinto which the drop head with its horn and its sup ported machine may belowered. said heed being adapted to rest upon the tour uprightsupporting posts 3%, which receive the weight and prevent the horn fromcoming into contact with said partition.

The lower portion of this cabinet may he provided with shelves orotherwise arranged for the reception of the collection record disks usedin con cetion with the phonograph.

In the operation of my im 'noved phonograph cabinet the lent 15 is swungback to its extended p0: tion, shown in Fig. 1. The phonc aph i upon thedrop heed, the horn 41 1s puss j. through the removable section in thebuck of the cabinet and connected to the nuichine by means of the tube8, which may serve, if desired, as the only supportingmeans for suidlu'u'n. lly this arrangement the horn entirely concealed and the tonerezulered soft and mellow by being; conducted down through the cabinet 5and out through the burrcd opening in the wall thereof. By this menusthe large, unwieldy und in some cases unsightly horn ordinarily employedwith this cluss of phoimgruph entirely eliiniimted, enabling the machineand rill of its utl'ziclu ments to he incloscd within the cabinet whendesired.

When the pl'lonogruph is no longer re quircd for immediate use it onlynecessary to raise the free end the leaf and told it over the top oil?the ca inet, whereby the drop head with its suppoied r" i and horn willat once end ho the compurtment below,

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by the retreating head being covered by the leaf, leaving the face ofthe table plain and clear for other purposes. The machine and itsattachments thus disposed of are entirely inclosed, are out of the wayand protected from dirt and dust.

l i hcn it is again desired to operate the machine it is only necessaryto raise the leaf, swing it outward on. its hinges, thereby bringing themachine up level with the sur face of the table and the mouth of thehorn in position to register with the opening in the cabinet wall, itbeing then only necessary to position the records and the machine isready for operation.

shown by comparing Figs. 4 and 5, the phonograph and its amplifying hornare not changed as to their relationship whether raised or lowered orduring raising or lowering. Therefore the instrument could be startedpla ing while in the position shown %l. and then lowered to the position,l in Fig. while still continuing to pluy. ll hen in the latterposition, the vol nine of sound of course would be materially reduced sotar as the sound can be emitted trmn the receptacle portion of thecabinet. in brief no adjustment whatever has to be made of any of theparts or the relationship of some parts to others whether the instrumentis to be brought out to play with full volume of sound, or is to beretired into the receptacle.

it will be observed that the drop head or instrumentsupporting section3, when in raised position ms shown in Fig. l, substantislly closes theopening in the top of the. cabinet, thus confining the sound issuingfrom. the horn to the space within the cabinet so that the sound issuingfrom the cabinet must come through the portion 12 where the acousticproperties of the horn .1111 be softened or controlled. While in thisoperative position the disk or records oi. the instrument may be changedwithout shitting drop head 3, and when desired the entire apparatus canbe lowered entirely into the cabinet either whil} laying 01' whensilent. The horn being und the section 3, and the'lzitter closing theopening in the cabinet, result in the sound being exceedingly mellow,while still. permitting the records of the instrument to be changed.

Having thus described my invention, what i cluim as new and desire tosecure by Letter. lntent, is:

The combination with it cabinet having an opening in its top, and a drophead adapted to .r use said opening, of it sound reproducin instrumentsiuiiported on said drop head, :1 horn connected with said instrumentand located below said drop heed said cabinet having a sound outletopening with which the eutl *t of said horn coincides when said drophead is raised, means in said last inentioned opening for diffusing thesound Wall of said cabinet to deflectthe same beemitted from said horn,whereby the full fore it reaches said outlet opening. 10 volume of thesound is emitted when said In testimony whereof I afliX-my signaturedrop head isin raised position,-and means in presence of two witnesses.1

for operating said drop head, whereby the CHARLES A. COOPER.

said horn may be lowered below the plane i Witnesses:

of said sound outletopening to direct the Gannon D. CooPnn,

sound emitted from said'horn against the H, I. CHA'IFIELD.

